Fröliche Geburtstag, Jeremy. Pros't!

Happy Birthday Jeremy! Have a great day

Happy Birthday Jere!

Happy birthday, Gaut!

(Let's revisit a classic, friend.)

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Jere!

It seems odd to me that if, say, you want to demonstrate to someone what a particular song sounds like, there's nowhere you can really go to listen to a song on-demand, but it's nearly effortless to go to Youtube to watch a video of the same song on-demand.

My educated guess, with no evidence whatsoever, is that while Canada likely suffers from a (chronic) low level of troops, we at least have the luxury to address troop shortages and work overloads by changing missions, rather than "digging deeper into the barrel than we were before." So, I'd assume that the armed forces here don't resort to those tactics.

That said, I can't be sure: I've never heard anything about how Canada deals with recruiting, or how readily Canadians volunteer for the armed forces.

Oi.

I especially like how one of the excuses being used for the US military recruiting more people directly out of jail is that "only three in 10 Americans of military age meet the army's medical, moral, aptitude, or administrative requirements, army officials point out."

Apparently this high standard can only be met by people who need waivers because they're in jail for things like "stealing, drug offences, manslaughter, sex crimes, and nine convicted of making terror threats."

Does anyone know if Canada is having this same problem?

Alright I know today is a little grey thanks to the snow...

So here is a song that always lifts my spirits whenever I hear it... don't laugh it's a guilty pleasure: